Monday, February 16, 2009

All the talk of White Castle for Valentine's Day had me pining for my favorite 24 hour chain restaurant, The Waffle House. Fortunately Lawman and I were bound for Pennsylvania, home of the Northern most Waffle House, this weekend and there was no question where we were heading for Valentine's Day...

But what to order? It's been awhile since we've had a Waffle House fix, so our eyes were a bit bigger than our stomachs. Lawman ordered up the All Star Special Breakfast: Two eggs over medium, wheat toast, three strips of bacon, cheese grits, and a waffle. I ordered a waffle, one biscuit with sausage gravy and a large order of hash browns scattered, smothered, covered, and peppered--for the uninitiated that's hashed brown potatoes: "scattered" (spread on the grill), "smothered" (with onions), "covered" (with cheese), and "peppered" (with jalapeño peppers). You can also get your hash browns, "chunked" (with diced ham), "diced" (with diced tomatoes), "capped" (with mushrooms), "topped" (with chili) or "all the way" (with all available toppings).

9 comments:

Valentines Day and Waffle house are very appropriate as I LOVE THE WAFFLE HOUSE. I have debated between opening one of these or a Chik Fil A in NY. Maybe I should make a Presidents Day Trip and have both...

I know I'm a little late here and I don't want to burst your bubble, but you did not visit the northernmost Waffle House. Bethlehem is at 40.63 degrees north. There are several Waffle Houses in Toledo which is at 41.67 degrees north. In fact I don't think you even visited the northernmost WH in the Allentown?bethlem area. It looks like you were at the Cherry Lane location. There's a Waffle House on Airport Road a couple miles north of where you were.Sounds like an opportunity for a few more road trips!

@Mike: haha. I had no idea that there was a Waffle House in Toledo. I did later discover that there is another Waffle House in Allentown and I believe that you are correct that it's slightly more northern than the Bethlehem branch though the Bethlehem location is still the closest I can find to NYC. So I suppose the Bethlehem location is the second northernmost Waffle House on the eastern seaboard. Has a nice ring, don't you think?

@Mike: haha. I had no idea that there was a Waffle House in Toledo. I did later discover that there is another Waffle House in Allentown and I believe that you are correct that it's slightly more northern than the Bethlehem branch though the Bethlehem location is still the closest I can find to NYC. So I suppose the Bethlehem location is the second northernmost Waffle House on the eastern seaboard. Has a nice ring, don't you think?